Senior Lecturer in Law (Professional Practice

Cardiff School of Management is located in a state-of-the-art facility close to the heart of the capital city, the University offers a diverse portfolio of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Law sits within the School and plays a central role in delivering the ambitions of the University’s Strategic Plan (Strategy 2030).

CSM is an ambitious, accredited provider of Business and Management education. State-of-the-art facilities on the Llandaff Campus provide an encouraging and creative learning environment, showcasing the School as a leading centre in the UK for Accounting, Economics and Finance;
Business, Management and Law;
Marketing and Strategy; and Tourism, Hospitality and Events Management. Staff are rightly proud of their significant contribution to regional regeneration and economic growth through teaching, enterprise work and applied research.

In 2024, the School became the first University in Wales and just the third in the UK to receive the Business School Impact System (BSIS) label from the European Foundation for Management Development for the positive economic impact the School has on the Cardiff Capital Region.

The School is proud of the role it plays in delivering programmes around the world. With around 10,000 students studying management programmes at our international TNE partners, the School makes a positive difference to the life chances of students and communities around the globe.

Cardiff School of Management’s Department of Business, Management and Law is seeking to appoint a Senior Lecturer in Law ideally with strong professional experience to contribute to a new professionally oriented Masters programme.

The Department delivers a range of highly successful law programmes, including the LLB (Hons), BA (Hons) Law and Criminology, BA (Hons) Business Law and Management, and a Foundation in Legal Studies pathway. In 2024, the Department launched the CSM Entrepreneurial Law Clinic, providing students with supervised opportunities to deliver legal advice and assistance in a real-world setting. Teaching across the Department prioritises employability, professional skills and personal development, while situating law firmly within its broader context.

The successful candidate will be expected to support curriculum development, contribute to research and scholarship, and enhance the Department’s applied and socially engaged teaching ethos.

The role holder will contribute to teaching across a range of undergraduate modules, with teaching and research interests aligned to one or more of the following areas:

• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Company Law
• Family Law
• Comparative Legal Systems
• Corporate Crime
• Legal and Professional Skills
• Administrative Law
• Employment Law
• Sports Law
• International and Comparative Law and Systems
• Supervision of final year dissertations or projects.

You will be required to make a significant contribution to the delivery of our taught portfolio contributing to a range of undergraduate and postgraduate modules in our Law provision and other areas of our core curriculum depending on your areas of expertise and experience. Enthusiastic about student-centred pedagogy, you will contribute to education delivery, including programme management as required, across the range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.

You will also make a significant contribution to employability, and professional engagement with relevant internal and external organisations, at a regional, national and international level.

You will be expected to contribute to the research profile of the department and to meet the qualitative and quantitative requirements for submission to the next Research Excellence Framework.

• A good honours degree in a relevant subject.
• Professional qualification in Law or a Masters in Law (LLM/MA/MRes)
• An in-depth knowledge of any of the foundational legal subjects and legal practice experience.
• Evidenced experience of HE Law teaching/professional practice or equivalent and demonstratable competence to teach principles of legal professional conduct on related programmes.
• Proven knowledge and understanding of the legal systems and laws of England and Wales, with the ability to teach subjects within the jurisdiction.
• An in-depth understanding of pedagogy.
• An in-depth understanding of research/enterprise and scholarly activity.
• Ability to design, develop and deliver a range of programmes at various levels.
• Ability to review programme design on a regular basis to ensure compliance with quality standards and academic regulations and to make alterations where appropriate.
• Ability to contribute to the achievement of the School Development Plan and the institutions strategic planning processes.
• Ability to develop research objectives, prepare proposals, carry out independent research, referee and contribute to peer assessment.
• Ability to identify opportunities for strategic development/improvement e.g. research projects, new courses,…